Infant&#39;s garment.



A. A. FANTA. INFANTS GARMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 26, 1911.

1 ,O30,989. Patented July 2, 1912.

E 70 JYQ/ as KEYED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARNOLD A. FAIITA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .ASSIGNOR TO THE CHILDS WELFAREGARMENT COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

INFANTS GARMENT.

Application filed April 26, 1911.

ing means, tion for provided a tachment. of

.nts of this class which are dinr tabs for the atand to provide out ofsuch tabs so as tin thereon more evenly the garment and therebypreventwri mg or distortion of the garment by :51 ch strain. Theseobjects are accomplished by the device shown in the accompanyingjlrawings, in which- Figure .l a frontview of an infants undergarmc ituting a specific embodiment of cl vention. Fig. 2 is a. frontelevationof on of the breast flaps thrown back to illust :rrangei'nent of the 1stud and socln I; ng devices. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation .n the same.

In the form shown in the drawings, the garment is of the variety whichhas wide side flaps 1 and 2, which overlap each other across the entirefront of the garment to form a breast portion of double thicknessthroughout sui tantially its entire area. Dependim pi hing flaps 3 and 4for supporting a diaper or other nether garment are attached to one ofthe side flaps l and the back 5 of the garment at an elevationconsiderably above the lower edge of the garment, the upper edges of thepinning tabs being reinforced icy strips 6 of relatively stoutermaterial, which insure a distribution of the stra upon the pinning tabshorizontally t l "tout a considerable part garmentf The outer at i, theslot ext-ending I ance substantially equal to the width of thepinninglap and at an elevation (l t-c l opposite the upper edge of thetree )E the flap 3. The edges of the slit 7 are [forced by a stitlcningstrip 8 of material similar to the strips (3; so that to distribs soover the rba horizontan Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1912.

Serial No. 823,477.

when the tab 3 is threaded through the slit 7, a downward strain uponthe tab will be equally distributed between the flaps 1 and 2. Each ofthe free marginal edges of the side flaps 1 and 2 is provided with oneor .more fastening devices located to interfit with fastening devices onthe adjacent part of the other side flap. These fasteners are preferablystuds 9 on one of the flaps, haw ing resilient iuterfitting relationwith sockets 10 on the other Gap,

in operation the garment slipped upon the child in the same manner as acoat and after-snapping together the fasteners at the free marginal edgeof the inner flap, the tab 3 is threaded through the slit 7 and then thefasteners at the free marginal edge of the outer flap are snappedtogether. Now both of the flaps 3 and 4 are on the outside of thegarment in convenient position for attachment to the nether garment. Thefasteners are preferably located above the level of the tab 3 and slot7, and assist in distributing the strain of the tab 3 over both of theflaps 1 and 2, and coiiperate with the slits 7 to insure that said flapswill rem main flat and unwrinklcd under the strain upon the tab 3.

There is considerable advantage in providing pinning tabs 3 and 4 ofstronger material than the material of the garment itself, and inspacing them above the lower edge of the garment, illustrated, sincewhen so made they have much less tendency to wrinkle the material of thegarment. It will be seen from the drawings that the insertion of pinsinto the flaps 3 and 4 will have little or no tendency to causewrinkling of the parts of the garment which are below the points ofattachment of said pinning flaps.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is herein shownand described, it will be understood that some of the dctails of theconstruction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from thespirit of this invention, as defined by the following claims.

I claim 1. In an infants undcrgarmcnt the combination of a pair ofoverlapping front flaps, each substantially equal in width to the widthof the back of the undcrgarmcnt, a depending tab secured to one of saidflaps ubstantially midway between its edges and adapted to have othergarments attached thereto, the other said flap having a slit thereinadapted to register with said tab and have it passed therethrough whensaid flaps are superimposed, whereby the strain on said tab isdistributed over both of said flaps, and reinforcing strips ofrelatively stiffer material secured to said front flaps around said slitand the attached end of said tab.

2. In an infants undergarment the combination of a pair of overlappingfront flaps, each substantially equal in width to the width of the backof the tindergarlnent, a depending tab secured to one of said flapssubstantially midway between its edges and adapted to have othergarments attached thereto, the other said flap having a slit said slitand the attached end of said tab, 25

and fastening means respectively located adjacent to the marginal edgesand fold of said flaps and spaced apart above said tab and slit.

Signed at Chicago this 21st day of April 30 ARNOLD A. FANTII'X.

\Vitnesses EUGENE A. Rimiumca, Many M. .DILLMAN.

